Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-02-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend, last report three weeks old. Trade active with good demand for moderate run of feeders.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $140.73/cwt on 603 head.

Average price

$140.73

603 head · 754 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,061

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$145

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1

$5.85/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.58

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	755	140.85	1,064	591
Medium 1	681	135.00	919	12thin

One grade step is worth $5.85/cwt here — about $145 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale603 hd

140.73

—

IA average9 barns · 4,907 hd

142.31

−1.58

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

18 lots · USDA AMS · Bloomfield Livestock Feeder Cattle - Bloomfield, IA

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	892	126.51/cwt	122.50–127.75	1,128	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	820	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,087	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	777	135.75/cwt	132.00–143.00	1,055	123
Steers	Medium 1	—	681	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	919	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	963	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,156	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	133.03/cwt	131.00–140.00	706	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	927	115.15/cwt	114.75–116.00	1,067	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	139.41/cwt	138.00–144.00	785	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	130.79/cwt	127.00–137.50	814	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	681	128.34/cwt	125.00–132.50	874	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	130.85/cwt	122.50–134.85	953	175
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	608	154.02/cwt	148.00–157.00	936	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	907	128.17/cwt	126.25–128.50	1,163	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	812	133.02/cwt	130.00–133.75	1,080	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	152.40/cwt	147.00–155.25	1,015	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	145.55/cwt	135.50–150.00	1,049	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	150.35/cwt	150.00–151.00	846	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	170.24/cwt	160.00–172.00	887	23

How this sale compares

Iowa weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Iowa auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Iowa feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Bloomfield Livestock Feeder Cattle - Bloomfield, IA

Wed Feb 17, 2021

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Des Moines, IA (LS-NW)

Receipts 1,109Last week 1,600Year ago 0

No trend, last report three weeks old. Trade active with good demand for moderate run of feeders.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	892	122.50–127.75	126.51
123	—	777	132.00–143.00	135.75
6	—	963	120.00	120.00
35	—	608	148.00–157.00	154.02
80	—	907	126.25–128.50	128.17
91	—	812	130.00–133.75	133.02
99	—	666	147.00–155.25	152.40
100	—	721	135.50–150.00	145.55
9	—	563	150.00–151.00	150.35
23	—	521	160.00–172.00	170.24
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	681	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	820	132.50	132.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	531	131.00–140.00	133.03
12	—	927	114.75–116.00	115.15
27	—	563	138.00–144.00	139.41
61	—	622	127.00–137.50	130.79
85	—	681	125.00–132.50	128.34
175	—	728	122.50–134.85	130.85

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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